Shota recipes are simple. Recipes for shots - small, but remote alcoholic masterpieces

Outwardly, this treat looks like a beautiful sweet dessert, however, it is as strong as many varieties of wines and liquors. In America it is called "Jell-O shots", in Russia it is simpler: "alcoholic marmalade" or "alcoholic shots". There is no better option for creating a varied menu at a party that can surprise even the most sophisticated guest, how to make alcoholic jelly.

An important fact is that home cooking of such dishes will not be difficult. There are a huge number of recipes for making shots with various types of alcoholic beverages, and everything that is needed for this, we will consider in detail below.

The best recipes for homemade alcoholic jellies

To date, many are known options for combining jelly with alcohol, however, it is important to remember that alcohol must be of exceptionally good quality. And there is also a small list of the most successful combinations of jelly and alcohol:

• vodka - with cherry or orange jelly;
• cognac or whiskey - with apple;
• tequila - with lemon;
• gin - with peach or kiwi flavored jelly.

The most optimal combination of the proportions of liquid jelly and alcohol is 2: 1, respectively. If there is more alcohol, the dessert will turn out to be strong and not very tasty.

Universal alcohol jelly

The recipe is very quick and easy., using conventional ingredients. Jelly is better to choose in accordance with alcohol.

For dessert you need:

• 20 gr. gelatin;
• 80 gr. hot water;
• 50 gr. alcohol (vodka, tequila, gin or whiskey);
• fruit and berry pieces, food coloring for decoration.

How to cook:

1. Dissolve gelatin in hot water according to the instructions.
2. Cool the mass to 35°C and mix with alcohol. Add dyes (optional).
3. Pour the workpiece into small containers and put in the refrigerator until it hardens, and before serving, let it thaw a little for 5 minutes.

Different types of jelly will look unusual in one glass. To get this effect you need to wait for one layer to thicken, and then fill it with the next.

Alcohol jelly shots

Dish, prepared according to this recipe, will surprise guests with an unusual appearance and excellent taste.

For dessert you need:

• 1 pack lemon gelatin;
• 230 gr. tequila or vodka;
• 450 gr. hot water;
• 230 gr. cold water;
• lime for decoration.

How to cook:

Champagne jelly with fruits and berries

Difficult to prepare, but very sophisticated dessert that is perfect for champagne.

For dessert you need:

• 350 gr. Sahara;
• 20 gr. granulated gelatin;
• 0.5 l. champagne;
• 200 gr. any berries and fruits.

How to cook:

The simplest jelly with vodka

The easiest way to make alcoholic shots. Vodka in the recipe can be replaced with any drink not weaker than 40 degrees. It can be rum, tequila or hard liquor..

For dessert you need:

• 250 gr. water;
• 125 gr. alcohol;
• 1 pack finished jelly.

How to cook:

Gummy bears with vodka

This simple recipe can use not only vodka, but also any other strong drinks, and bears can be replaced with other jelly counterparts, for example, sweet marmalade.

To prepare a dessert, it is enough:

1. Pour the jelly figurines into a deep bowl and completely fill to the top with vodka.
2. Cover the blank with a film and put it in the refrigerator for at least 2 days (it is necessary to cover the dessert with a film so that the figures do not absorb all the aromas of the refrigerator).
3. After this time, you can try dessert. If you are satisfied with the taste, then the bears are ready, otherwise, you will need to add more alcohol and remove it again for impregnation in the cold.

IMPORTANT: The duration of the "pickling" depends on the quality of the bears. The denser the composition, the longer they need to infuse.

Beer jelly

For cooking you need:

• 1.5 l. light beer;
• 160 gr. Sahara;
• 40 gr. ginger root;
• 75 gr. instant gelatin;
• 250 gr. water.

How to cook:

Colored shots with alcohol

This original dessert has a composition more complicated than those described above, and the cooking process itself will require some skill and accuracy. But as a result, you will amaze the guests an interesting dish that will not leave anyone indifferent.

For dessert you need:

How to cook:

1. Dissolve gelatin in hot water, mix with sugar syrup and refrigerate.
2. Add vodka and divide the mass into 3 servings.
3. Mix one of them with cherry juice, pour into molds and put in the refrigerator to cool.
4. Pour orange juice into the second portion, and combine the third with lime.
5. Pour the mass with lime in a layer on the frozen cherry jelly and decorate with a cherry on top.
6. When the second layer hardens, fill it with orange and send it to cool again.

Preparation of alcoholic shots, as you can see, it will not be difficult, while you can diversify the recipes described above as you like, based on the preferences of the guests and your own tastes. Do not be afraid of home experiments in the kitchen, especially since as a result you can create a true masterpiece that will conquer all party participants.

However, do not forget that the outwardly attractive dessert, reminiscent of yummy from childhood, is a very strong alcoholic delicacy for adults and its excessive eating can cause the same hangover syndrome as drinking ordinary liquid alcoholic beverages.

In the bar menu of almost all restaurants, shots are highlighted as a separate item. As a rule, they offer no more than ten different options to choose from, but in fact there are a huge number of such cocktails.

The name "shot", or "shooter", is derived from the English phrase "shot drinks", which means "shooting drinks". Simply put, these are mini-cocktails of different strengths, which are drunk in one gulp or, as they say, in one gulp.

The shots are not only delicious, but also very beautiful, and many of them have a very unusual presentation. Particularly stand out are layered and burning cocktails, which have a spectacular design. They are usually served as.

Shot norms in different countries

A country	Mini shot (ml)	Shot (ml)	Double shot (ml)
Australia	—	30	60
Bulgaria	—	50	100
Canada	30	44	71
Denmark	—	20	40
Estonia	20-30	40	—
Finland	20	40	—
France	—	25-35	50-70
Germany	—	20	40
Greece	—	45	90
Hungary	20-30	40-50	80-100
India	30	30	60
Ireland	—	35,5	71
Israel	30	50-60	—
Italy	30	40-60	—
Japan	30	60	—
Poland	—	50	100
Romania	—	50	100
Russia	—	50	100
Serbia	20	30-50	60-100
Sweden	20	40	60
Slovakia	20-25	40-50	80-100
Slovenia	30	50	100
South Africa	—	25	50
England	—	25-35	50-70
USA	30	44	59-89

Recipe for golden tequila with lime and salt

Perhaps this recipe is familiar to everyone, but it is a classic shot that we decided to remind you about. The same technique can be used for “silver tequila”, so we leave the choice of drink to you.

How to cook

1. Pour 50 ml of tequila into a shot glass.
2. Moisten the edges of the glass with lime juice and dip in salt (1 g).
3. Place a lime wedge on top.
4. Lick the salt off the shot glass, drink the tequila, and nibble on the lime.

Recipe "Mini mi"

A simple shot with an invigorating effect. It is perfect as an aperitif, especially in the evening, and will also help you cheer up after a hard day.

Prepare these ingredients

How to cook

1. First, pour 25 ml of vodka into a shot glass.
2. Top with 25 ml of energy drink.

Recipe "Raul and Fidel"

This shot has four components, but the soloist in it is the taste of passion fruit. Drinks very easily and has a mild alcohol effect.

Prepare these ingredients

How to cook

1. Pour 15 ml of syrup into a shot glass.
2. Then lay out a layer of 15 ml of maraschino.
3. After that, in the same way, lay out 10 ml of fresh juice and 10 ml of rum.

ABC Recipe

This shooter, despite its apparent simplicity, has a very pleasant coffee and creamy taste with light alcohol nuances. It will definitely appeal to women, although it will not leave men indifferent.

Prepare these ingredients

How to cook

1. Pour 20 ml of amaretto into a shot glass.
2. Lay out 20 ml of Carolans in the next layer.
3. At the end, carefully place 20 ml of cognac.

Recipe "Malevich"

You will surely be surprised by the unusual serving of a shot in two piles and the combination of cucumber and honey. But we highly recommend trying this masterpiece!

Prepare these ingredients

How to cook

1. Pour 50 ml of vodka into one shot.
2. Pour 15 ml of honey into another pile.
3. Dip a pickled cucumber on a skewer into it, as shown in the photo.
4. First drink vodka, and then have a cucumber with honey.

Recipe "Seducer"

The coloring of this shooter is really tempting, and the sweet coffee and creamy taste with a melon aftertaste beckons to try it again and again. But do not get carried away - liqueurs are very insidious and quickly intoxicate.

Prepare these ingredients

How to cook

1. First, pour 20 ml of Kahlua into a shot glass.
2. Spoon 15 ml of cream liqueur on top.
3. At the end, add 15 ml of melon liqueur in the same way.

El Niño Recipe

This shooter combines vanilla sweetness, rhubarb spiciness and green grape freshness. Perhaps this is one of the best light shots that will be nice to drink in the summer heat.

Prepare these ingredients

How to cook

1. First, pour 10 ml of syrup into a stack.
2. Then lay out layers of 20 ml of liqueur, 10 ml of maraschino and 10 ml of brandy.
3. Decorate the edge of the glass with a bunch of grapes (no more than 10 g), which will serve as an appetizer.

Recipe "Bunker"

The pleasant bitterness of grapefruit in this drink is softened by honey syrup. Well, the final chord harmoniously sounds the taste of the pulp of the grapefruit itself, sprinkled with salt.

Prepare these ingredients

How to cook

1. Pour 15 ml of syrup into a shot.
2. Top with a layer of 15 ml of liquor and 15 ml of vodka on top.
3. Garnish the edge of the glass with a grapefruit slice and sprinkle it with salt (1 g).

Felt hat recipe

Some people don't drink cocktails, saying they are too expensive, but there are still many people who prefer this type of drink to anything else. So why are cocktails so popular? To find out, we took a closer look at some of them and compiled a list of the 25 most popular cocktails with their recipes. Can you try them all in one night? (We're kidding... please don't try to drink it all in one night. And please remember not to drink or drive after one of these great cocktails).

To make this irresistible dessert cocktail, we need cocoa cream, Kahlua liqueur, Frangelico liqueur, Bacardi white rum, creamy peanut butter and cream. Pour all the alcohol into the martini shaker, put the peanut butter and stir until the oil dissolves in the alcohol. Add cream and ice to mixture and shake to chill and blend. Prepare a martini glass by pouring some chocolate into the bottom, pour the cocktail through a strainer and serve.

24. Blue Lagoon


The Blue Lagoon is a popular summer cocktail with Curaçao blue liqueur. The recipe is simple: pour vodka and Curacao liqueur into a highball glass filled with ice. Add lemon juice, garnish with a lemon wedge and serve.

23. Emerald Breeze


Emerald Breeze is a rather complex drink, consisting of melon flavored liqueur, coconut rum, soda, ginger ale, lime juice, sugar syrup, and a quarter of a lime. Shake everything except the ginger ale and soda with ice in a shaker, then pour it all into a tall cocktail glass filled with ice and top with ginger ale and soda.

22. Screwdriver with Jin (Screw Gin)

A gin screwdriver is made from peach schnapps, gin and orange juice. Put ice in a glass and pour over the gin and peach schnapps. Add orange juice and garnish with an orange slice. Mix and serve.

21. Irish Flag

In order to make the Irish Flag, a popular St. Patrick's Day drink, we need brandy, mint liqueur and Bailey's (or Irish cream liqueur). and finish by pouring the brandy carefully.

20 Sex On The Beach


According to the official version of the International Bartenders Association, the cocktail is made with vodka, peach schnapps, orange juice, and cranberry juice. The ingredients are shaken with ice in a shaker and served in a highball glass with an orange slice as a garnish. Sometimes they can be mixed in smaller quantities and serve as a shot drink.

19. Blue Hawaiian


Blue Hawaiian is a very popular holiday drink. It is made from Crème de Coconut liqueur, blue Curacao, pineapple juice and white rum. Fill a highball glass with ice and pour it out when you are ready to pour the ingredients into the glass. Combine all ingredients and crushed ice in a blender and mix vigorously until smooth. Then, pour the drink into a chilled glass and garnish with a pineapple wedge and a cocktail cherry.

18. Pina Colada


Pina Colada is a sweet rum-based cocktail made from rum, coconut milk and pineapple juice. Put everything in a blender with crushed ice and blend, adding ice, until the desired consistency is reached. Pour into a tall glass and garnish with a slice of pineapple and a cherry. This drink is the national drink of Puerto Rico.

17. Mimosa (Mimosa)


Mimosa, believed to have been invented around 1925 at the Ritz Hotel in Paris, is a mixed drink consisting of one part champagne (or other sparkling wine) and one part thoroughly chilled citrus juice, usually orange juice. It is traditionally served to guests at weddings in a special flute glass for champagne.

16. Dirty Bizzo


To prepare this cocktail, we need coconut rum, peach schnapps, Tuaca liqueur and cranberry juice. Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into a chilled glass.

15. Cuba Libre


Often referred to as Rum and Cola, this cocktail is served in a highball glass and is one of the most popular cocktails in the world. The recipe is very simple - just pour cola and rum into a highball glass filled with ice, and garnish with a lime. Lime juice can be added if desired.

14 Bloody Mary


The Bloody Mary is a popular cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices and seasonings. It has been called "the most complex cocktail in the world". Here is one of the most popular versions of this drink. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, Tabasco and Worcestershire sauces to a highball glass, then add the tomato juice, lemon juice and vodka. Stir lightly. Garnish with a stalk of celery and a lemon wedge.

13. Martini (Martini)

Martini, made from gin and vermouth, has become one of the most famous alcoholic drinks. The traditional way of preparing the drink is to pour gin and dry vermouth into a shaker filled with ice cubes, stir, strain into a chilled cocktail glass, and garnish the drink with a green olive or lemon peel swirl.

12. Mojito


Mojito, which originated in Cuba, traditionally includes five ingredients: white rum, sugar syrup, lime juice, sparkling water, and mint. Gently mix lime juice, mint leaves and sugar syrup in the bottom of a glass. Fill glass with ice, then slowly add rum. Add the soda and stir gently to lift the mint leaves to the top of the cocktail. Optionally, you can add lime wedges and mint leaves as a garnish.

11. Screaming Orgasm


There are many versions of Orgasm cocktails. One of the most popular is the Screaming Orgasm. Pour high quality vodka, Bailey's and Kahlua into a shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a glass, garnish with cherries and serve.

10. Strawberry Diaquiri

Strawberry Daiquiri is one of the most popular dessert alcoholic drinks. It is made from rum, strawberry schnapps, lime juice, strawberries and powdered sugar. Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with fresh strawberries and serve.

9 Grasshopper


Grasshopper is a sweet, minty, after-dinner drink. A typical Grasshopper cocktail consists of equal parts green mint liqueur, white Crème de cacao liqueur and fresh cream mixed with ice and strained into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with peppermint leaves and serve.

8. B-52 (B-52)


This cocktail is a tiered shot drink that consists of coffee liqueur, Irish Cream liqueur, and Triple Sec liqueur. When cooked properly, the ingredients separate into three distinctly visible layers. Pour the coffee liqueur into a shot glass, carefully pour the Irish Cream over the back of a bar spoon into a shot glass, and top up with a triple sec glass. Serve with a stirrer. For the Flaming B-52 cocktail, the top layer is ignited, producing a blue flame.

7. Margarita (Margarita)


The margarita is the most common tequila-based cocktail in the US. It consists of tequila, triple sec (like Cointreau) and lime or lemon juice. Pour the tequila, lemon juice and Cointreau into a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass garnished with grains of salt (optional).

6. Tequila Sunrise


The Tequila Sunrise cocktail can be prepared in two ways. A more popular version was invented by Bobby Lazoff and Billy Rice at the Trident restaurant in Sausalito, California in the early 1970s. Tequila Sunrise is considered a long drink and is usually served in a highball glass. Pour in tequila, add ice, then juice and finally syrup. The bottom line is that the syrup goes down without mixing with the rest of the drink. Use a spoon to guide the syrup down the side of the glass to the bottom with minimal stirring. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry and serve.

5. Cosmopolitan

The history of the Cosmopolitan is constantly contested. However, Cosmopolitan is believed to have its roots in the cocktail of the same name found in the book Pioneers of Mixing at Elite Bars, published in 1934. Pour Cointreau, cranberry juice, lime juice and lemon vodka into a shaker filled with ice. Shake well and strain into a large cocktail glass, garnish with a slice of lemon or lime and serve. You can also freeze the glass and/or add sugar to the rim of the glass.

4. Apple Martini (Apple Martini)

This strong cocktail (containing 36% alcohol) is quite simple to prepare - you only need vodka, Cointreau and apple liqueur. First chill the glass with fresh ice and pour it when you are ready to pour the ingredients into the glass. Add vodka, Cointreau and apple schnapps to a mixing glass with ice cubes. Mix well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with an apple slice and serve.

3. Pool (Swimming Pool)

The Pool Cocktail was invented in 1979 by Charles Schumann in Munich. The cocktail is made with vodka, cream, blue curacao, coconut milk and pineapple juice. Pour pineapple juice, vodka, cream and coconut milk with ice into a blender and blend until smooth. Then, pour into a tall glass, top with blue curacao, place a straw and garnish with a slice of pineapple.

2. Cocktail "Alice in Wonderland» (Alice in Wonderland)


There is also a shot drink called Alice in Wonderland, but we will talk about the cocktail. It is made from Amaretto Almond liqueur, Grand Marnier liqueur and Southern Comfort liqueur. Shake all ingredients with ice in a shaker and strain into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange slice and serve.

1. Tom Collins


First recorded in writing in 1876 by the "Father of American Mixology" Jerry Thomas, this cocktail is made from gin, lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water. Shake the ingredients in an ice-filled shaker, strain into a collins glass over ice and garnish with an orange wedge and cocktail cherry.

These descriptions make you want to try one of these delicious cocktails... perhaps a Margarita? But then again, good beer is also great.

When talking about cocktail shots, it's important to avoid confusion. The fact is that the real name of drinks is shooters (shooter, from English shoot - “shoot”, zd. - “drink in one gulp”). "Shot" (shot) also means a small portion of pure strong alcohol, such as brandy, vodka or whiskey. However, in everyday use, this difference has faded, now the term "shot" refers not so much to the volume of the drink (historically 30-60 ml), but to its structure (mostly sweet layered cocktails).

Historical reference. Today it seems to us that shots have always existed, in fact they appeared less than half a century ago, in the 1970s. We are talking specifically about cocktails - they began to drink strong alcohol from small glasses much earlier.

In those days, the consumption of alcoholic beverages decreased significantly, the invention of "shooters" became a way to mix several seemingly incompatible components, give them original names and thereby draw attention to old brands. The fact is that it was in the 60-70s. in America, the era of hippies began, young people preferred to fall into a state of altered consciousness with the help of drugs, while alcohol against this background looked boring and old-fashioned. To sell alcohol, it was necessary to make it fashionable.

How to cook shots

Shots are both mixed and layered. There are no problems with the first type - all the ingredients are mixed in a shaker and the cocktail is ready. It is much more difficult to make a proper layered shot. The easiest way is to follow specific recipes, but if you want to experiment, it is advisable to follow the basic rules:

• The higher the layer, the lower its density. The basis of the cocktail is the most dense and thick drink - for example, "Lawyer" or "Baileys".
• It is better for novice bartenders to measure the required doses of ingredients in advance, and not to pour "by eye".
• The second and subsequent layers are poured with a bar spoon or a knife, trying not to mix drinks.
• To make a layered cocktail even more interesting, you can choose ingredients not only of different colors, but also of different temperatures, for example, add hot coffee.

Bartenders stack layers with a special spoon
At home, layered cocktails are made with a knife or a regular spoon.

How to drink

Shots are rarely low-alcohol, usually they are strong cocktails, the main purpose of which is to quickly bring a person into a state of intoxication. These drinks are most often drunk in one sip, and if done incorrectly, you can choke or even cause a vomiting reaction. There are two ways to properly drink shots (the same applies to small portions of hard liquor):

1. Wash down. For example, water, juice, soda. So you can quickly get rid of the alcohol taste in your mouth.
2. Tilt your head back so that the drink "slips" down your throat more easily.

Popular Shot Cocktail Recipes

B-52 (B-52). Lay successively in layers of 20 ml of coffee liqueur, Baileys and orange liqueur (triple sec). At the end, you can set fire to the top layer or just drink in one gulp.

B-52

Hiroshima (Hiroshima). Pour 20 ml layers of sambuca, Baileys and absinthe into a glass, then add a few drops of grenadine - at the bottom of the stack it looks like an atomic mushroom will bloom.

Hiroshima

Jellyfish (Medusa). Lay in 20 ml layers of light chocolate liqueur (Crème de cacao) and Amaretto, carefully add the same amount or slightly less cream liqueur. Drop a few drops of grenadine and watch the jellyfish move its tentacles!

Jellyfish

Brain Tumor (Tumor of the brain). There are many variations of the recipe, consider one of them. Pour 30 ml of peach liqueur into a glass, carefully place 10 ml of Baileys on top, drip a couple of drops of grenadine and / or cherry brandy. The cocktail will become like a reddish brain.

Brain tumor

Green Mexican (Green Mexican). This cocktail is mixed in a collins glass: pour 90 ml of tequila, Midori melon liqueur and lime juice in succession, add ice. To make a cocktail shot, replace the melon liqueur with "Pizang Ambon" (De Kuyper Pisang), the proportions of the ingredients will be as follows: 25 ml of liqueur, 10 ml of juice, 25 ml of tequila.

green mexican

Red dog (Red dog). Pour equal parts of sambuca and light tequila into a glass (about 20-25 ml each), add 5 drops of Tabasco sauce. Drink the resulting spicy cocktail in one gulp or through a straw. You can drop Tabasco not from above, but between the layers, then the “redhead” will disperse more evenly.

red dog

Boyarsky (Boyarsky). Russian shot, named, according to legend, in honor of the famous St. Petersburg actor. Pour 25 ml of grenadine and vodka in succession into a glass (the layers should not mix), add a few drops of hot Tabasco sauce, swear “a thousand devils!” and drink in one gulp.

Boyarsky

Russian Flag (Flag of Russia). Traditional tricolor: layer 20 ml of grenadine, blue curacao liqueur and vodka. To make the top layer white and not transparent, you can add a little cream to the water in advance. Drink in one gulp, experiencing patriotic pride.

Flag of Russia

Honey (Honey). A rather difficult cocktail to prepare: mix 20 ml of honey and 30 ml of lemon juice, melt the mixture in a steam bath. Pour 25 ml of absinthe into a glass, carefully add the resulting mixture, drink in one gulp.

Honey

Kazantip (Kazantip). Place successively 15 ml of grenadine, sambuca, cream liqueur and absinthe. Set fire to the top layer, quickly drink a cocktail through a straw.

Kazantip